cognitive neuroscience

team

• Postdoctoral Fellows •

Tadeusz Kononowicz, PhD • I investigate time estimation processes and self-monitoring of time estimation in the human brain utilizing a combination of EEG, MEG techniques, pattern recognition and cognitive modeling approaches. Unlike earlier studies emphasizing the accumulation processes in time estimation, my current work suggests that the sense of time relies on detection of specific patterns in brain activation and that beta oscillations play a great role in estimating time and in self-monitoring of estimated time.

Sophie Herbst, PhD (in collaboration with University of Lübeck, Germany) • I am interested in how we process and perceive time, and which are the cognitive and neural mechanisms allowing us to do so. We are able to extract temporal regularities from the environment and prepare future actions, for example when we want to cross a street and wait for the traffic light to turn green. We are also able to overtly estimate temporal intervals, but quite often subjective and objective time diverge. In my current project I investigate whether the mechanisms underlying temporal predictions and overt estimates of time do have a common ground using psychophysical methods and neuroimaging (M/EEG).

• PhD Students •

• Visiting PhD Students •

Elie Rassi, MSc • I’m a PhD student at the University of Salzburg, where I investigate how fluctuations in brain states influence conscious perception. I am specifically interested in the effects of the alpha rhythm on visual perception and attention, mainly using MEG. I received my BA in psychology from the American University of Beirut (2013) and MSc in cognitive neuroscience from the University of Trento (2015).

Renan Schiavolin Recio • I am Bachelor in Science & Tecnology at Universidade Federal do ABC (2011), Bachelor in Computer Science at Universidade Federal do ABC (2012) and Master in Neuroscience and Cognition at Universidade Federal do ABC (2014). Currently I am a PhD student in Neuroscience and Cognition at the same university. I have an interest in working with Computational Neuroscience (Modeling hippocampal areas), EEG analyses (EP, phase, power, correlations and causality) , psychophysical experiments, especially with audio-visual perception and recalibration.

Pooja Prabhu, MSc • I have pursued a Bachelor in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Visvesvarya Technological University, India (2013) and a Master in Biomedical Engineering from Manipal University, India(2015). I have been worked in the projects like analysing and classifying the normal and neurodegenerative disordered gait signals, and segmenting and clustering of a brain tumour in MRI imaging. Currently, I am pursuing PhD from Manipal University and the work aims at helping the neurosurgeons to locate the epileptogenic zone while surgery. The epileptogenic zone is located by performing MEG-MRI Registration.

• Master Students •

Ava Kiai • I’m a master’s student interning with the Brain Dynamics team. I’m interested in how the predictability and duration of a stimulus affects its perception. I’m also interested in the role of neural oscillations in integrating information from different sensory modalities. I previously received my B.A. from NYU, where I was a research assistant in the labs of Lila Davachi and Marjorie Rhodes. I hope to begin my PhD research in the fall of next year. Find me on Twitter @avakiai or at avakiai AT gmail DOT com

Camille Lakhlifi • How many times did you look at your watch since you arrived on this station platform to wait for your train? Why does the time seem sometimes to fly by so quickly and other times to last for so long? Indeed, psychological time does not always correspond to physical time and our time perception depends on many factors. After obtaining my Bachelor degree in Biology from the University of Strasbourg, I joined the CogMaster where I was able to explore various fields of cognitive science. In my final 6-month internship, and thanks to a partnership between the Brain Dynamics team and the French Railway Company SNCF (Dr. Simone Morgagni), I will investigate how time perception can be affected while train travelling in the context of the different steps of a travelling period. In the long term, my professional aim is to create a stronger link between the academic research world and policy makers to apply cognitive science knowledge and behavioural insight into daily life in order to simply and efficiently improve it.

• Alumni •

PhDs

Benoît Martin is now pursuing a health and clinical training @ Institut Léonard de Vinci. PhD thesis (2017.10.09) Magnitudes in the human brain: independent processing of time, space, and number.

Laetitia Grabotis now a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow @ University of Bielefeld, Germany. PhD thesis (2017.09.11) Implicit and explicit temporal order in the structuring of the conscious “now”.